Former Morning Musume singer Maki Goto, 26, who has announced her upcoming hiatus from show business, took part Sunday in the Dream Morning Musume event, which brought together Morning Musume graduate members at Nakano Sun Plaza.
The 2,200 fans cheered when fellow alumni Mari Yaguchi, 28, introduced Goto, who joined Natsumi Abe, Nozomi Tsuji, 24, and other former Morning Musume singers on stage.
Goto took the occasion to announce that her final live performance will be held on Dec 4, and asked members of Dream Morning Musume to attend.
Goto first announced in June that she would take an indefinite break from show business from the end of this year. Goto explained in an emotional, hand-written fax sent to media outlets and on her homepage that she had been continuing to work since the accidental death of her mother Tokiko in January of this year, but that she was finding it tough.
“The gaping hole in my heart has been open the whole year and has not had time to heal,” she wrote. “Until now, I’ve always been trying to live for someone else, trying to be who other people want me to be. For the first time, I’d like to try being the person I want to be.”
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Ben_Jackinoff
The next one will be from beyond?
nath
Show Business it is not.
Gurukun
That's what her brother did...and look what happened. Anyways, I wish her well.
papigiulio
I hope her life will go better. She has had a rough time.
CrazyJoe
It's thirteen years already since she debuted at 13. Too bad Kago Ai can't come.
Raymasaki
she might stop touring & singing But resume her career in acting & play in J-Dramas/ Movies. ive seen her in 2 of them, young papa was good. But ill always remember her from Musume. but hey if she is happier dong something els then Ganbatte/ Good luck to her
plasticmonkey
This girl is famous, so we had better have empathy with her personal life. After all, it is a marketed product.
nath
Mod: gimme a bit of latitude here - off-topic, but useful.
This is one of my pet peeves, and if you're polishing your English here on JT, take note:
Alumna = "female graduate" Alumnus = "male graduate" Alumnae = "multiple female graduates" Alumni = "multiple male or mixed graduates"
So the proper word here would have been "alumna."